Judge a tree from its fruit, not from its leaves.
I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief
Power gives no purchase to the hand, it will not hold, soon perishes, and greatness goes.
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity.
Where there are two, one cannot be wretched, and one not.
Every man is like the company he wont to keep.